How the different countries celebrate the funeral

Start writing...Funeral is a ceremony that is used to remember, honor and sanctify the dead. Depending on the culture, there are various different ways that can be used to celebrate life of the deceased.

So now we discussed the way of funerals traditions in different countries
1.One Zoroastrian tradition requires vultures to keep its ancient burial ritual alive. In that tradition a dead body is believed to defile everything it touches—including the ground and fire—and raising a corpse to the sky for vultures to devour was historically the only option. Bull’s urine is used to clean the body before tools, which are later destroyed, are used to cut off clothing. The corpse is then placed atop a Tower of Silence, out of the way of the living who could be tainted by it.
2.Indian belief regarding the funeral and burial
It is well known that India is a diverse nation and people belong to various religions and sects here. But the most common way of offering last rites in India is cremation and burial. With the help of a priest, the family members cremate the deceased body of their beloved family person. Few people use traditional wooden cremation while some choose eco-friendly cremation methods like CNG cremation, electric cremation etc. After cremation, the ashes are flown in the sacred water of a river or scattered over a field.
3.Green funeral in the USA
In the present time when every nation is grappling with the issue of air pollution, water pollution etc the US people have found a new way of performing death rites for the departed person and that is Green Burial.
In this unique method, the family members or the funeral direction team place the body inside a biodegradable shell and then bury it in the ground. The biodegradable box mingles into the soil after a certain period and the body starts decomposing. You can also plant a sapling or tree in the place of green burial. This indicates the returned-to-nature policy.
4. Ghana
In the country Ghana, the deceased body get a in the unique box where they can take rest for eternity. For example- If a person was a pilot, the family arranges a plane-shaped coffin box and keeps the body in it. Similarly, for music lovers or musicians, the family arranges a violin-shaped coffin box. These boxes depict the life journey and interests of departed souls.
5.Hanging coffins in the Philippines
In the Philippines elder people carve their own coffins and place them on a death chair clobbered with leaves and wines. After demise, the deceased body is smoked so that it can avoid decomposition and placed inside the coffin box. These boxes are then tied to a cliff. The flowing fluid out of the coffin box is considered a blessing for the family members and they allow that fluid to drop over them. They believe that it will bring good luck in their lives. This is the very ancient funeral custom of the Philippines and people have been following it for approximately 2000 years back.
6.Japan
Buddhist traditions make cremation a popular choice for the Japanese, according to The Japan Times. The ceremony typically takes place the day after an individual passes – guests bring money and burn incense, while a monk recites prayers or chants. After the funeral, the body is cremated and family members use chopsticks to remove bone fragments from the cremated remains. Then they place the fragments in a cinerary urn, which is brought to a family grave. Wakes are also part of the Buddhist tradition – in fact, the practice may have originated with Buddha’s pupils, who are said to have stayed up all night to discuss the Buddha’s teachings after he passed.
7.New Orleans
You don’t have to travel outside the U.S. to see some unique funeral traditions, including where African, French, and Caribbean cultures blend in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jazz music is inherent to the culture of the city, and the funeral procession is rarely boring, according to Funeral Wise. Typically, a hearse is accompanied by a brass band that starts out playing dirges and hymns before moving into swing and dance tunes. People are encouraged to join in and take part in the celebration of a life.
8.Bali
In another Pacific island, cremation also features prominently. Bali, an island in Indonesia, celebrates cremation as a means of allowing the soul to leave the body and become reborn, as The New York Times explains. In 2008, a royal family member was cremated along with 70 other people during a massive celebration in the city of Ubud, featuring an 11-ton tower that bore the royal person’s coffin. Miguel Covarrubias, who wrote “Island of Bali” in 1937, once noted that inhabitants there view cremation as “an occasion for gaiety and not for mourning.
9.Madagascar
The Malagasy people of Madagascar perform a ritual called famadihana in which, every seven years or so, the bodies of their deceased are exhumed from ancestral crypts. Also known as ‘the turning of the bones,’ the ritual sees the deceased re-wrapped in fresh cloth followed by a lively celebration involving music and a huge feast during which the living dance with their dead ancestors, pass on familial news to the deceased and ask for their blessings; then, the bodies are re-interred. A way of maintaining connection between the living and the dead, famadihana is based on the belief that the deceased do not join the afterlife until their bodies are fully decomposed and are able to communicate with the living in the interim.”
10.Viking Funerals
Viking funerals of yore were an especially brutal affair, according to the writings of Ahmad ibn Fadlan, a 10th century Arab explorer who spent time observing the way of life of Volga Vikings. According to Fadlan’s account, deceased Viking chieftains were temporarily buried while new funeral clothes were prepared, and one of the chief’s slave girls volunteered herself to join him in the afterlife